MITSUBISHI HAS PULLED a pair of new MiEV branded concepts out of its hat this week, the new concepts due to appear alongside the production i-MiEV electric vehicle at next month’s Tokyo Motor Show.

Built on the same technology as their i-MiEV sibling, the i-MiEV Cargo and PX-MiEV concepts represent Mitsubishi’s vision of how its hybrid and [...]

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MITSUBISHI HAS LAUNCHED the all-electric i MiEV in Japan this week, with corporate and government fleet buyers the first customers. Private buyers will have to wait until April 2010 before they can snap one up for themselves.

Priced at just over 4,599,000 yen ($58,000) - $15,000 more than than the $43,000 starting price last reported - [...]

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While Mitsubishi showcased a left-hand-drive version of its all-electric i MiEV city car at New York, the Federal Government this week confirmed that the battery-powered vehicle was officially road-legal for Australia.

The i MiEV has satisfied all of the relevant Australian Design Rules to be road-registerable and, while it doesn’t guarantee we’ll see it come our [...]

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Mitsubishi’s electric i MiEV is about to become a part of a NSW government test program to assess its ability to reduce carbon emissions from the State’s 26,000 strong vehicle fleet.

NSW Minister for Climate Change and Commerce, Carmel Tebbutt, announced that the i MiEV evaluation vehicle  currently touring the country would be evaluated for potential use [...]

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After conducting a feasibility study into an electric vehicle partnership back in June 2008, Mitsubishi Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroen have today announced that a formal joint venture will be formed with the goal of sharing the development, manufacture and distribution of electric cars.

The biggest deal brokered as part of the agreement will be that [...]

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Mitsubishi has announced that it will be extending the trail of its all-electric i MiEV compact car to Aussie roads. Two cars will be shipped Downunder in February and will make their grand entrance at the Melbourne Motor Show on the 27th of that month.

After the Show, the i MiEVs will embark on a tour [...]

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Mitsubishi will be taking the wraps off its latest all-electric concept car, the i MiEV SPORT AIR, at the Geneva Motor Show in March.

Flaunting a new body and tweaked mechanicals from the regular i MiEV, the SPORT AIR is intended to demonstrate that saving the environment need not be accomplished at the expense of driving [...]

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